Modern · Buddhist · India

Vishwa Shanti Stupa, Rajgir

विश्व शांति स्तूप

Rajgir, Bihar · 25.0045°, 85.4445°

Buddha (peace pagoda)ModernNipponzan-Myohoji peace pagoda

Sacred since

1969 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

1969; restructured 1993

Modern

History & significance

A 120-foot white peace pagoda on Ratnagiri hill at Rajgir, founded by Nichidatsu Fujii and completed in 1969, carrying four gilded Buddha statues for four events of the Buddha's life; it is one of some eighty peace pagodas built worldwide by Nipponzan Myohoji.

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